How to Use amiable in a Sentence

amiable

adjective

• She had an amiable conversation with her friend.
• Everyone knew him as an amiable fellow.
• This amiable girldad, who got his start singing in church, was determined to get a chair turn for his daughters.
  — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2024
• There was something about knowing him as this very amiable, humorous gentleman, and yet there felt like there was more underneath that surface.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
• The drink is a bright and amiable counterpoint to the dish.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2018
• The amiable staff knows their stuff and will get you to your apex order.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 25 July 2023
• And then the amiable Joe Biden will look like the isolated Joe Biden.
  — ABC News, 2 May 2021
• But the amiable, bow-tie-wearing Ralph Roberts took a chance.
  — Meg James, latimes.com, 10 June 2018
• But the movie still has amiable style and energy to spare.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Nov. 2019
• More on that later, but first a few words about the amiable, long-haired Smith.
  — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• And the pirates aren't amiable comic-opera scoundrels with a sense of fun and duty.
  — Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 14 May 2021
• It’s been there since 1951 and is a two-man show—the amiable owner, who waits on every table, and the cook in the back.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• The Honda's road manners are in line with the amiable-but-boring norm of the segment.
  — Beth Nichols, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2021
• The irony, of course, is how amiable this week’s sole new work is, even next to three of the most popular in the repertoire.
  — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• Many of these encounters between the haves and have-nots are brief and amiable.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
• Thanks to amiable year-round weather apart from the heat, some choose to live part-time (or full-time) on their boats.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 July 2024
• But that is not the only reason the bouncy, amiable breed is the study's focus.
  — Author: Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2017
• On top of that, Democrats tend to prefer amiable politicians.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2019
• Johnson is his usual amiable self, but the best thing about the movie is Campbell.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 12 July 2018
• Greene said, introducing Mariya to one of the two amiable shop hounds.
  — al, 27 Mar. 2020
• Such arguments will be fair on the merits while missing the point of the record, which is to bask in the amiable breeziness of this world.
  — Alex Swhear, Variety, 26 May 2022
• The amiable 34-year-old with the big beard and bigger heart hustled hard to make a living, said his dear friend Tina Furr.
  — Ronnie Polaneczky, Philly.com, 15 May 2018
• In Fisch’s hands, the brief Allegretto was as amiable as can be.
  — cleveland.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• While there are some angry cops out there, most are good-natured and amiable.
  — WSJ, 13 May 2021
• The lunch with Giroux has been amiable enough, but his message about the journal and its prospects is confusing.
  — Benjamin Anastas, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
• Dean and John, the latter an amiable man with a background in scouting, can bask in having hired him.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024
• For Kale, the ideal job is one that pays well, is closer home, and is at an amiable household that treats her well.
  — Sanaya Chandar, Quartz India, 10 Nov. 2019
• A day earlier, the Braves’ brightest star wasn’t as amiable.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• The amiable brewer at Brick and Barrel, the five-year old brewery in Cleveland, is adding wine to his repertoire.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
• In one of the most striking scenes, a group of girls vents about how they’re expected to be amiable and agreeable all the time, even in debate.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024